humanities

IPA/hjuːmˈanɪtiz/
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humanities — 名詞

1. academic fields that focus on human culture and ideas — for example literature,

1.名詞B2
釋義

人文學科

研究人類文化與思想的學科總稱

academic fields that focus on human culture and ideas — for example literature, history, philosophy, languages, and the arts — rather than on science, business, or technical skills.

例句

Imran is finishing a degree in the humanities at a university in Edinburgh.

Imran 正在愛丁堡的一所大學完成人文學科的學位。

collocation: a degree in the humanities

The college cut funding for the humanities and gave more money to the science departments.

這所學院刪減了人文學科的經費，把更多錢投入到理科系所。

contrast: the humanities vs the sciences

常見搭配
  • a degree in the humanities
  • the humanities department / faculty
  • humanities students
  • study / teach the humanities
  • funding for the humanities
  • the humanities and the sciences
同義詞
  • liberal arts

    American university label for a similar range of subjects, often broader (includes some social sciences)

  • arts subjects

    British school/college phrase for the same group of subjects, especially at pre-university level

  • humanistic studies

    more academic and old-fashioned; sometimes used in book titles or institute names

反義詞
  • sciences

    the usual contrast: STEM fields (physics, chemistry, biology, engineering)

  • STEM

    modern abbreviation for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, often set against the humanities in education policy

文法句型

the humanities

studies/degree in the humanities

用法筆記

Almost always plural and used with 'the'. Subject is usually a person, course, department, or budget; you study, teach, fund, or major in the humanities, not 'a humanity'.

常見錯誤

Liang studies humanity at university.
Liang studies the humanities at university.
to mean the academic field, you need plural 'humanities' with 'the'; singular 'humanity' means people in general or kindness.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • humanities department
  • humanities faculty
  • humanities student
  • humanities degree
  • humanities programme
  • humanities research

常用片語

  • the humanities and the sciences
  • a career in the humanities
  • funding for the humanities
  • study the humanities

介系詞搭配

  • in the humanities
  • of the humanities